Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering the system mission: Fight on the summit of the forbidden city.
The host is currently in a forbidden area of the current imperial palace.
There was once a peerless swordsman who fought on the summit of the forbidden city in another world on a full moon night. With a sword from the west, he flew from the sky.
The temporary mission is to find an opponent within three days and fight on the top of the Imperial City.
The stronger the opponent and the more experts watching the battle, the higher the reward. If the mission is not completed after three days, the mission will be canceled.
Li Hao was shocked when he suddenly received a mission.
Finding someone to fight on the summit of the forbidden city sounded interesting.
However, there were still three days before the deadline of the mission, so he was not in a hurry.
"Zhen has already told you that the Crown Prince is half a monarch and also a monarch. As younger brothers, you are all subjects. Now, all of you, as my brothers, are disrespecting your elder brother and the Crown Prince. Are you trying to rebel?”
Li Hao heard Li Shi Min's roar even before he reached the main hall.
He was instantly delighted. It seemed that his royal brother was furious again because of his troublesome sons.
Just like what he knew of history, the current Li Tang, Crown Prince Li Chengqian, was born with a leg disease. There were many rumors among the people that he did not have the appearance of a ruler.
Thus, the two princes, Li Tai and Li Ke, jumped up and down, trying to seize the throne.
Li Hao's predecessor had never interacted with any of them.
And they had never taken a fancy to Li Hao, this silkpants prince.
As for Li Tang's ancestor, Emperor Li, liking Li Hao, so what?
Emperor Li's life was coming to an end, and Li Tang didn't know where to go.
The three princes had their own forces supporting them. They were actually waiting for that day to come.
"Your Highness Prince Zhou is here."
Outside the palace stood many ministers. Although they all looked serious, they were listening attentively to Li Shiming's lecture.
Seeing Li Hao come over, they greeted him one after another.
Li Hao looked at these people and returned the greeting one by one.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, Cen Wenwen, Wei Zheng, Xu Ji, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, and so on were all famous people.
"Prince Zhou just got married, why did you come to Taiji Palace?”
Li Hao's wedding the day before yesterday could be said to be a grand occasion. People from all over the world had gathered, so of course, they had all gone over to give gifts and drink.
"Oh, about the wedding, how can you not know what's going on?”
Li Hao didn't mind exposing his shortcomings at all. He continued,"Royal brother called me over, I don't know what's the matter?”
"Milords, you've waited so long. What's the matter?”
Zhangsun Wuji sighed and said,"There is indeed something important."”
"What is it?"
"Let's talk about it together when we meet His Majesty.”
Since they didn't say anything, Li Hao naturally wasn't in a hurry. He let them wait outside for a while.
"All of you, come in."
Not long after, Li Shi Min's voice finally sounded. There was a trace of fatigue in his voice.
Everyone walked in and saluted Li Shiming.
But Li Hao didn't need to. He had been given special permission since he was young to enter the palace without haste, enter the court without bowing, and enter the palace with a sword.
"Royal brother is already here. Although you don't like secular things, you might as well listen to them.”
Li Hao smiled and nodded. He glanced at his three nephews who were older than him. Their faces were pale. It seemed that they had been scolded badly.
"Wuji, tell me what happened so that my royal brother and these three unfilial sons can hear it.”
As Li Shiming's brother-in-law, Zhangsun Wuji had always been the most trusted by him.
"It's like this. The Tibetan Zanpu Songzan Ganbu sent a letter of credence and sent Da Lun Xue Lu Dong Zan with five thousand taels of gold and other treasures to marry a princess of our Great Tang.”
"Now that they have set off, do you think we should marry the princess to the Tubo?”
"Hmph, this brat still dares to come and ask for a marriage alliance. Looks like Niu Jinda didn't beat them up enough last time.”
Cheng Yaojin, who had always been reckless, immediately called out.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Songzan Gampo sent someone to the Tang Dynasty and proposed to marry a Tang princess, but Li Shimin refused.
In the 12th year of Zhenguan, Songzan Ganbu sent troops to defeat Tuyuhun, Tangut and Bailan Qiang, and forced them to Songzhou of Tang Dynasty. He threatened to invade Tang Dynasty if he did not marry them.
Niu Jinda led the vanguard of the Tang army to defeat the Tubo army. Songzan Ganbu was terrified. Before Hou Junji's main Tang army arrived, he withdrew from Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailan Qiang and sent messengers to apologize.
He did not expect that after a few years, they would actually come to mention the marriage alliance again.
"Everyone, you must understand that when the Tibetan envoy enters Chang 'an, the Tang Empire may be different.”
Li Shi Min sighed helplessly. If it was in the past, he would have rejected it long ago.
But now, Patriarch Li Tianzi's lifespan was nearing, and the Great Tang no longer had a grandmaster who could suppress the world.
What the Tibetans wanted was just a princess. Compared to the plans of the other parties, it wasn't much.
After hearing Li Shiming's words, these famous officials and generals couldn't help but sigh.
In terms of national strength, the Great Tang naturally feared no one. Even if the barbarians from all directions came, they could still fight back.
However, martial grandmasters were already above soldiers and could fight against an entire country.
There was no other way to deal with a martial grandmaster other than a martial grandmaster.
"Moreover, among the envoys this time, it is said that the Tibetan Great Master Lotus Flower will also come.”
"What? Even Master Lotus is coming?”
This news shocked everyone present.
Master Lotus was the top existence among the martial grandmasters.
This Great Grandmaster had never had the chance to come to the Central Plains, but the legend of him coming from India and being invited by Songzan Gampo to destroy mountains and temples in Tubo to promote Buddhism had already spread to the Central Plains.
More than ten years ago, Emperor Li of the Tang Empire had sparred with him in Tuyuhun. He had only lost half a move and escaped unscathed.
Now that Emperor Li's lifespan was about to end, he had made a comeback. Who in the Great Tang could stop him?
Even if there were other great grandmasters who were willing to take action, they might not be his match.
"Imperial brother, there's no point in discussing this. Wait until Lotus Flower comes before making a decision.”
"If there is someone who can defeat Liansheng, then there is naturally no need to mention the marriage alliance. If there is someone who is not a match for Liansheng, then we can only do as he says.”
Li Hao looked at all of them with worry and suddenly spoke up.
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